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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-09-14, Page 3VARM WORK roa AUGUST. As for f arra work in Augtiet gentile* Ite the &attention of Weeds; iteeP the ground Mellow about yoang trees; pinch baelt Shoo* that are beconliug to 1911g in Mug tee ii and black* berrY bushes; apply mulching to trees eliffering from drougnt; and trans - Plant Strawberries according W tions given below, remembering that the epone r the work is done the more firmly will they becorne established for enduring winter, and the better they 'will bear next seasou, TRANSPLANTING STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Next to early epring planting, the season of partial rest to the plante which occurs immediately after bear- ing Is the beat time for transplanting. Take theta u caretnlly, so as not to tear the fibres, cut off all the leaves except those just expanding, keep the roots most by immersion in mad, and spread out when, settbag them. Settle the ground about them by pour- ing on water, then complete the sur- face by, a covering of fine, mellow earth; next apply a Mulching, an inch and a nalf in thickness, of fine, pul- verized manure. All, or nearly all,. will grow without any fusel= watering; but (should the weather become unusually dry, water may be Applied without detrimentahe mulch keeping•the surface Inoist and preventing the formation ot a crust. These plants wilt immediately grow, 'become well established, before win- ' ter, and, if well cared .for, will bear crop next Year. • ' FIGHTING INSECTS AND DISEASE. Continue to watch for insects, and tsgesPecialle for aphides or plant lice, thhwhich often increase rapiely during etlAugust. , Whale -oil soap, strong atsoapsuds, or very strong tobacco •::;Water, may be used for destroYing reeeselteMetettlte- threwn.eon...with a e• egete but tiesitnatore effect- Wigi.304tilY64,Vilbe ;bent oyer and dipped in the qu . k Keep a eonstant eye for black -knot on the plum and fire -blight on the pear, cutting off instantly the affect- ed parts, Excision will prove a re - 11 liable and perfect remedy in the ease of black -knot; and frequently, but not always so, in cases of fire -blight But it is better to cut away half or even the whole et a tree than to have it whollY destroyed by disease • and al• .. low the .malady to spread. Budding may be continued. 11'1111811 pp speedily on cherry, plum and stan- dard pear, and commence early with apps. Peaches and quinces may be budded toward the close of the month. Watch the stocks in season and re- move the ligatures as soon as. they begin to ent into the bark. , GATHERING THE FRUIT. Whet.' early pears as they approach saaturity, but before they become ripe on the tree, and ripen thexn in draw - ere or boxes. Thie will much im- 04ifitttiMiNtUttiltY and Paevenalthata 'aitient"thd"nore;* So' CoMmon% in."OuW: War pears. teVhe proper degree of maturity may lot judged in most cases by bending ifire stem -if the fruit is nearly ripe it !WAD loosen its hold of the tree, but if Art:adheres firmly, the pear has not fatficiently matured. There are, etenvever, .exceptions to thts ralessethe eentetlett, for instance, may,be picked Wen before it has attained. full •size, gifel, in a week or two, will ripen into hOine, melting -texture and excellent Sijivor. Ripening,-sumnier. pears in !Oa dark much improves their ap- I:eearance. A Bartlett, or instance, Stilly exposed to the sun and allowed riat ripen on the: _tree; .or in a well- algtited apartment, will show perhaps teli.ey a light brown check, but if in a vinek drawer, the light brown will be - item a beautiful carmine or crimson. ','When drawers are not at hand, the adaturing process may be accomplish- .0tr on shelves by first spreading a tgick piece of woolen cloth, laying the peers on this, and covering them with the same. -Pear growers. who send their crops to distant markets should pack them early enough to reach their destina- tion before the softening process has eernmeaced. Large losses have some- times occurred from bruising and other injury when sent later. FARM NEWS AND VIEWS. For hog pasture, Dwarf Essex rape ie the best of the crops that must be sown each year. It naay be seen alone or broadcast at the rate of six pounds per ACM, after which a bushel ot oats per acre can be drilled in. Sorghum is also to be recommended, and bule grass is excellent, especially for early and late pasture, but it is likely to take a rest during a hot, dry summer. At such times the green succulent sorghum will be very accept- able. 15 THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM IN YOUR GROCERY ORDER ---,NIUE MIT YOU GET IT — COSTS NO MORE THAN THE ORDINARY KINDS 7 oetiraates .that for every 100 ;tamale of dry matter in the feed the horse vdlds 210 pouuds of fresh manure, ilia cow 380 pounds of fresh Manure, the ;sheep 180 pounds. As to the proportion of urine to the manure, Snyder estimates that a well- fed horse will produce about fifty peunds a moisture a day. Of this, one-quarter, or twelve and a half rounds, will be urine. In a stable, the horse will void about six tone of manure per yenr, according to the sante authority, A milcla cow on -en average will produce from 60 to 70 pounds of man- ure per day, estimating both solid excrement and liquid manure. Of this, from 20 to 30 pouutle will be liquid manure. The daily droppings of a well-fed cow of average size are about 80 pounds, including the absorbents. The best way to save manure is to apply it to the land as fast as enough accumulates to pay for the time re- quired to spread it. Bedding should be used in the stalls to absorb the liquids, which are the most valuable parts of the manure. By applying this manure as fast as it accucumlatee the danger of flies breeding in It will be reduced and much of the ingredteuts will be saved. But if It is not possible tp apply for some time, store in a -Piteekeep.dry and screen or put helle- bore on it occasionally to prevent flies from breeding in it. The paint brush is an instrument of magic in beautifying a rural land- scape. An agricaltural college education will not make a good farmer out of a natural born. piano tuner. The Illinois milk producere won their fight for higher prices by organ- ized co-operation. It Is the power that wins success in every movement.' • • There's a, let pf information .coming fpem tho would-be -agricultural ex- eterts that is just as available for prac- ',dial farm use as; is thepotash in Some farmers say the blossom test for cutting alfalfa is unreliable. The blossoms shouldbe disregarded en- tirely and the alfalfa cut what the shoots are from one half to three- fourths of an inch long. Wood ashes should be saved and carefully stored in a dry place until :applied to the soil. The potash in wcod ashes gives them an unusually 'nigh value at the present time; says Prof. L. L. VanSlylce, of the Geneva station. (-Tuaregs of .‘ the Sahara I "In northern Africa there lies a truceless country, inhahlted by a Deople, the masked Tuaregs, fascinat- ing for the mystery and exclusiveness with which they have ourroanded their life. These people, natives and rulers of the middle desert, are the allies of no one, but wage n furtive guerilla 'warfare, with all who invade the labospitable Sahara sands of their domain. They are the buccaueers of the trackless sand, forever at war with all civilization and its restraints," says an artiele issued by tile National Geo- graphic Society at Washington, which describes the people always willing to fight for the untiutenance of their power to levy tribute upon the ancient transsaharan caravan routes. "Masked Tuaregs are I3erber nomads, a white desert people, whose country Is probably the most inaccessible on earth. Even before itignptian civiliza- tion began to leave coherent records of its history the Tuaregs, or Bermers, .were long established along northern Africa. The great Arab invasion of the eleventh century displaced them from their posseselons upon the sea- coast and drove them into the savage area of the interior aesort, where, with their hands raised agatnst all who came into their pathless country, they 'have maintained themselves through the intervening centuries despite lack of water, sand storms and lack of forming land, requisitioning by force of arms from the Arabs and Egyptians to the north and east, and from the blaeks of the Soudan in the south, such necessities and luxuries as their cheerless portion of Mother Earth can- not aupply them. • • "There are five 'main tribes in the Tuareg confederation, and they inhabit • --ea-4e-- the desert from the Tuat to Timbuktu Listen for the Bronchial Wheeze and from Fezzant to Zinder. Their • ;he • hcmes are reared in the heart of arid When -You Breathe Deeply • ral heats and unmarked distances wastes, where vast solitudes, ululate - shroud everything in uncauny mys- tery. •••'!Thettruaregs wear the end of their turban cloth drawn, over the face, allowing nothing but the eyes to be seen. It is worn for the purpose of protecting the throat and lungs from the cutting blasts of fine desert sand, and also probably as an element en- hancing the mystery of their life, for they seldom or never remove these masks, whether roving over the desert or visiting in the cities on the coast. Due to these cloths they are called melted Tuaregs, while the Arabs call there !people of the velt"rhe masks aro dark blue and white the former being worn by Tuareg nAles and the latter by the serfs and slaves. "Some centres of trade, Tuareg towns, are situated in the middle desert. These are Wargla, Timbuktu,' Ghat, Ghadames, Murzuk and insalah. However, the Tuareg has Intle care for trade and lticlustry. He is a fear- less, enduring, hard -fighting adven- turer along the merchandise trails that crop the desert. Two important trails leave Tripoli, on the coast, and true erse 3,000 miles of sands and bar- ren 'wastes to the Soudan, where rich cargoes of skins, gold, every and other interior African products are leaded atop camels and brought north- ward, Sometimes a single caravan consists of thousands of camels and merchandise to the value of hundreds of thousands of dollars, Wben passing through the Tuareg country the lead- ers of such caravans hay° had to pay a tribute to the chieftains by the way for safe escort or run the risk of losing all their goods. "From Morocco to Tripoli the relent- less ferocity, the cunning . and the daring of the Tuareg are mingled in all the traditions unpleasant to the more peaceful natives along the coast. The Tuaregs meanwhile openly epY upon the caravans in course of outfit- ting in the coast cities and thrive upon the tribute they are able to exact. "The Tuaregs are of the pureet Ber- ber stock, the noble families unmixed -with other blood, and in their own language they call themselves `the noble people.' Nominally they are Mohammedans, and some of their number compose the meet intolerant and Warlike sect In (slam, the Senus- site sect. Their hatred for the 'for- eigner is greater even than that.bred by,, their. religion, and o they are =ore. exclitelV67-that 't-aer":Weett the •‘thiteed or elapaneseh "-Their: . metal 'efgenization divides tlient • classesa-the nobles, the priests, tho serfs, the oross-breede anti the slaves, Ali of these classes •have this that It democratic -they form together the Tuareg family, Which holds itself superior AO all the other peoples of the earth." It means that disease will soon at- 4elalthiee- langs. Wheezing is distress. - 34X• thefthe . sufferer and annoYing to his friends. Nothing half eo certain In bronchitis and threat trouble as "Catarrhozone"; it gives instant relief and cures even the worst cases. Bron- chitis fairly flees under the magic in- fluence of •Catarrhozene, which cures so thoroughly the disease never re - tutus. Other remedies may relieve, •but Catarrhozone cures bronchitis, ca- tarrh and throat trouble for all time to come. Beware of dangerous eubstitutes meant to deceive you for genuine Ca- tarrhozene, which is sold everywhere. Large size, containing two months' treatment, costs e1.00; small size, 50e; sample size, 25c. etiawderedeteldspar, , ' e„)tarly tamers believe that oats and Vas MAU • drie'drthe4ery best; nay atteps; lied they lievd Planted largely eia,thie netted crop.- Mid thev are twit ;•1these elainlona axe vrqtWiiti.. fi.kermers in the richest limestone hiectione find prafitable .te' apply. Ono to their soils, This being true, We especially, neeessary that lime be '11)tefbiltYa dl1 gale %hats nitot1116 gilitnesteste:foreeatione.: as; v• • • 10 TO AN ENGLIsH SPARROW. Little feathered tuft or gray, Skipping blithely through the day - Never resting, Yet protesting In your querulous, quick way- • Little sparrow; You who would the woodland spurn - Bird -prized haunts of leaf 'and fern - Ever grace the crowded streets Seeking man's companionship With your chippy-chip chip -chip On, your wing or tipping feet - Ever lightly, Always sprightly Comes your note so nearly sweet, English sparrow. As you peek with greedy bin Crevices about my sill - Hither, yonder, I would ponder; Do you never get your fill, %. Little Sparrow? Are they true, my busy bird, All those stories.I have heard - That there's nothing good M you. That the. stains upon your chest Match the heart within your breast; That no chirp you chirp is true? Should I shoo you If I knew you - Are you blackguard through.a.nd through. English sparrow? Though you make no chirped defense, Yet the absence of Pretense Casts about yott, As I doubt you, Something tempting confidence, Little sparrow. For you've such an honest lay - Such a frankly flhunting way; And though man would fain disclose your past incarnadined With the tains that yeti have sinned, !et mrtyhap your record showa No more starkly, Not more darkly. Than man's owe, as just. God knows, English sparrow! -Hazel Hall, in Boston Transcript. "A Millionaire boasts that he leads the eirnple life," "I doubt it." ."What are your ideas on the oubjectri • when a persoe 'steeple in It hall bed, room, eats In a cafeteria, weans a $b suit of clothes, and never sees a mettle sheer that costs more than a niekel. I eheuld say he was leading the simple life."T-Birminghtun Age -Herald. • The man who hays his friends must • guard against the fluctuations of the Market. re. J. • se'attlidn•riirediest tett datimitted:•At Oellts.,#ettone,dvioltoSphorie n01(1,1.'611 1 X41't.3 4414 ; at 0'4 eente, • 'sstimatee. hyerrege svpiae. f, faille Madre ate 'fialeees; 'bronliings .7tt.bm 'et6s •fibitsN, tteii;' 0.40,;•• cd•k; viheepVti.e5;•`ptg,•••$3:20: lint as•It' •Ail?,t.tee•rot cilniIAhatri011011te etva 'know'. ;Von tho /nanure le..PrePtelY kept -tint .ittsellid to tea land it Is worth more, :lir the ligurce given do not include ateie vele.° of the humus, which 111aY tonsid treble. e ,•• u!Phe ataount Of manure voided by AtEatio varies according to tlte kisd, 140 4:1(1 ago of the aniMal. Heiden t• •- ilev",ce4 -,40•4144,1.*:”.4..111,1‘ • ktort.i. — •• ,••••••••••,.....1,..**** A KINDLY QUEEN, ,,,11.10*01.01*e.,•••• Tiow Mother of Wilhelinina Saved Servant From Trouble. black fringed and ribbed, the meta- morphose:1 larva? But there it was, the green, black, and yellow striped caterpillar, a full-grown butterfly, so wondertelly colored that it has been named the Monarch. It is a frequent 'visitor in our etreeta, but he is Mud in clouds on the edges of the woods. Restless he may be, but his parent idly lingers among the branches of the beech or Mate with the breeze that plays through the open spaces and out across the sunlit flelds.-Fe- terboro' 1?.xaminer. BukoWina's Stormy History. • Rukowitat, the Austro-Hungarian province, has undergone sundry polite cal transitions. According to Many Austrian authorities, it was wrested from Transylvania in the fifteenth eon» tury by IVIoldava, but it not long be. fore that formed an integral portion of the latter state, to which it -belonged until it was ceded to Austria by the Turks in 1775. Buitowina, which means "Beech Land," abounds in woodland and minaret wealth and rears large numbers of cattle and borses.-Lontion Globe. The mother of the present Queen of Holland married King William when. the King was pretty well on in Years; it was his second matrimoaiel venture. He was Bo pleo.see with it that one day he purchased a tea set of costly porcelain as a gift for his queen, Ile felt that it was quite an extravagance, and threatened to dis- charge any servant who was careleas enouga to break a part of the set. One day, says Novelleu-Schatz, a man who has beeu in the service of the Royal house for many years had the misfortune te break one of the precious cups. He was heartbroken, Tearfully he went to Queen Emma and told her his store. The sympath- etic Queen took the breken pieces and eat them together, saying, "I think we can fix that. Just paste it to- gether with cement. The edges are smooth and won't show much. Leave the rest to me. I'll do what I can to ave you." When the Royal family sat down to tea the next time, the injured cup was at Queen Emmen: place. The queen, pretending to be very thirsty, 'hank all the tea at once; and then, as if struck witli a sudden idea, she turned quickly in her chatr toward the King, and her arm swept the cut to the tloor. As it crashed into a thou- sand pieces, the Queen affected an ex- eression of deepest regret, and said timidly: "There, your 'Majesty, see what an awkward servant I am. Now, the only Wing you can do is to disraise me from your service." But William was in a happy mood; seeing how grieved his wife appear- ed, he made light of the loss and con- ceited her affectionatelY, while the old servant stood trembling by, thanking his goad fortune for a mistress whose tact and kindness had saved him his position. GET MORE VIM I RENEW YOUR STRENGTH I If you are tired, languid, sleepless, have headaches and languor, you need Dr. Hamilton's Pills; they tone the stomach, meat digestion,' brace you up at once, Taken at night - you're well by morning. Sickness and tired feeling disappear instantly. Vim, spirits; hearty health, all the joys of life come to everyone that uses Dr. Hamilton's Pills, No medicine so satisfactory. Get Dr. Hamilton's Pills to -day, 25 cents per box at all deal- ers. 4. 4 PILES MED AT HOME BY NEW ABSORPTION METHOD If you suffer from bleeding, Itching, blind or protruding Piles, send me your address, axle I will tell you how to cure yourseit at home by the new absorption treatment; and will also send some of this home treatment free for trial, with references front your own locality, if requested. Im- mediate relief and permanent cure as- sured. Send no Twinge, but tell'oth- ers of this offer. Write to -day to Mrs, M. Summers, Box P. 8, Windsor, Ont. Kiddies' Height and Weight. Do you know the average height and weight of chilercu? Tao average 5 -year-old boy weighs, including clothing, 41.2 pounds. At 7 years he has gained 8 pounds and his height has increased from 41.7 to 46.2 inches. At 5 the average girl weighs 30.8 pounds and at 7 her weight is 48 pounds --a little lees than the boy. The average boy gains six pounds a year between the ages of 8 and 11, when he -Weighs 72,4 pounds -two Pounds more than the average girl of 11. • The height of the average by in- creases two inches each year until 1.1 when he measurce 54 inches, as com- pared to the average girl 53.8 inches. •10 TENDER 'CLEAT. And How to Have It From the Cheaper Cuts. It would. seem that the last word had beeu said on cheaper cuts of meat. But the increase in the high cost of living makes the meat prob- lem still as tough (no pun) as ever. What are much maligned and equal- ly much praised cuts called "cheap- er?" To know this we must know the architecture of the animal in question, First, the most tender pieces are the less exposed parts of the animal. Whatever portions are subjected to muscular exercise (thus the loin) are tougher because the muscles have been used more. This does not mean that there is not as much nourishment. in tough muscles as in tender ones. The cheaper cuts have tougher fibres, and the whole problein is to prepare and soften the fibers and thus put them on a Par with more tender parts. The muscles of the abdomen are also tender, but give a very coarse meat. The structure cat the muscle fiber must be studied in order to apply the best methods of cooking. Each fiber Is like a thin section of orauge, being surrounded with a firm tissue and containing juice within. If we cut the fiber across the juice will escape, If we heat the fiber in a high tempera- ture we will harden it still more and prevent the escape of juices. It we cut it and soak it in water the juices again will escape. nut if we pour scalding water or liquid on the fiber it will have much the same effect as heating it rapidly to a high point. Now, the ideal in handling all cheaper • cuts is first to harden the fiber either by pouring on boiling water or by heating it to a higi. de- gree in order to avoid the escape of the juices, and second, to cook it slow- ly so that the fiber will eventually be very soft, the juices dissolved and the flavor as much as possible retain- ed. None of these meats should be covered at first with cold liquid or oobked slowly before the outside fiber Is seared. What are some of these cuts by name? Perhaps this partial list will give suggestions which your butcher can help you carry out: • Cheaper cuts of beef: Rump) -Roasts, brasing, a In mode, stewing. Chuck ribs (1 and 27. -Roast, steak. Chuck Ribs (last 3). -Stewing, braising. "Plate." -Soup, stew, rolled pieees. Brisket -Corned and pot road, "Skirt" Steak.-Itolled, (stew. Planked Steak. -Rolled, stew, a la mode, soup, • ! .• .•te Cross Ribe.-Pot roast. Short Ribe.-Soup, stew, sliced, cold. Cheaper cuts of tuutton:, , , Breast. -Stew, braising, imiteih's! Neck.-SOup, stetts,'hrietit' tpril, cro- quettes, eft; • • tet ; ...eVeal: e' • •11 - • ..1 60' IT Do iILL your preserving with Untie Sugar Pure cane. "FINE" granulation. Iligh sweetening power. Order by name in original packages. 2 and Mb Cartons 10 and 20 -lb Bags /7' printed and gummed Iabels / for fruit jars. if you will cut a red ball / trade -mark from a Londe bag or carton and send it to /Atlantic Sugar Refineries, Ltd. Power sioutreat Free This Book of cooks without heat. Here, too, the fireproof or earthenware dishes can be used to best advantage, for then the food may be cooked an4 s erved in the same dish. Laundry Counsel, A bag made of ordinary -white mos- quito netting will be found a great help in drytng small articles such as collars and doilies. Tie the bag With a piece of waite tape and pin On the line, This is better for the purpose than a pillow ease, as it allows the wind to pass through more readily. When linen pieces or small articles are spread on the grass to whiten, much trouble may be prevented by spreading a strip ot cheesecloth over them and fastening this to the ground with wire hairpins. This, while it does not prevent bleaching, keeps oft in- sects and prevents the articles from being blown away if there is wind. Add a teaspoonful of glycerine and a half teaspoonful of soda to the starch In which suramer dresses are to be dipped. The glycerine gives a pretty gloss and the soda prevents the starch .from souring if the garments are not ironed as soon as brought from the line. When laundering pongee, do not let it dry and then sprinkle it or it will spot. Iron it while it is damp all over if you wish it to look nice. To wasli white silk gloves, waists, men's shirts and other white silk ar- ticles so that they will not turn yel- low, use ammoniated water -a table- spoonful of ammonia in two quarts of water is sufficient. Use no soap, and dry in a shady place whether outdoors or in the house. White silk will yel- low if exposed to the sunlight while wet. Iron while slightly damp and the articles will be soft and white. A ROYAL SUMMER VISITOR. Lightly poised on a beech leaf, or 'floating aimlessly among the sun- bathed branches, another monarch dallies in 'his fading realm. 'With brown, blackiribbeta , wings aspread. the very artistry of easy motion, he drifts along on the autumn breezes with the e.apricious abandon of a street mere work wound up. At times he stirs into quickened action, and, In rhort, legato Meets breasts the breezy stream, breaks into sweeping undulations, momentarily pauses ire animate, then, with slender planes extended and taut, shoots off in sheer ecstacy of graceful security atop the fragrant August wind. Grieg and Maedowell, among others, have vis- ualized in "Le Papillon" this mcmarch in his late summer moods, and follow ing his flight one can in fancy fit the music to tho changing rhythmn of his movement. He came in the late spring, when the blue bird's welcome .had grown cold, and when the milk weed, his staff of life, was pushing forth a vigorous plant. 'While males of other species paraded • their particular charms in the mating season, the tiny scented sacs dotted on either wing soon attracted a companion of his own order. Nature Vas served again, and in the early summer the brilliant green larva with his yellow and black stripes appeared on the leaves and stock of the milk weed. The toter of the plant itself, he passed unnoticed except to the wayside ram- bler. To some he might have been a mere ugly worm, a species of the de- tested caterpillar family. Came the stage of bis existence When he had reached maturity, full grown and fat from the nourishing substauce of the wayslile weed. Then' he wander- ed off to it nearby fence or stone, wrapped hiniself in his pupal silk and 'passed into hisehrysalis sleep. The• niilleaveed' nodded on in its own eourse and paid little heed to the• lusty ,yoUng Monarch butterfly,the very, !stage ofhis went, who had, Come up fromAhe south in 'spring, that alighted one day upon the/161.er' cluster. How ,eould Atte weed recoga ,nize in thie brown beauty, with wings Colt BrIePt9taaacnlith ,144,34 ! if4Shea,,' veal loaf. neat. r`A'AItivi ,oliezi; which Is dif4 'coolang otlie)r' faeds' te.finbe-usetl,lori lovel all, the .0fireless: cookeri".;whitte — ,1. v INSTANT :a RELIEF Paint on Putnam's Corn Extractor to- night, and corns feel better in the morn- ing. Magical, the way a Putnam's " eases the pain, destroys the roots, kills a corn for all time. No pain. Cure guaranteed. Get a 250 bottle of "Putnam's" Extractor to -day. *•* MYSTERY OF THE MOLE. He Lives in the Dark, Yet Yearns for the Midday Sun. THE SPARROW A Philosopher On Its Cu- rious Doxnestio Habits. There is a .great mys-s.ery about the wools. They live in the dark under- ground, but yet they are sun Worship- pers. Juet at the hour of noon, when the sun is at its highest point in the sky, tho mole often comes to the sur- face. It is a habit of the race, a kind of religious obeervance, one might thi nk.: Seldom does a mole willingly make its appearance in the upper world at any other timo of the day, but at that moment they come of their own ac- cord. This fact, which has been ob- sereed again and again, has never been explained by naturalists. But, remembering the common belief that a mole is blind, you may ask: "How can it see the sun?" The myth of the blindness of moles has been brushed away. Some species perhaps cannot see, but most of them can. Their eyes •are very small and bidden in the fine hair, but they serve as organs of vision. Still, they can have very little use for them underground. Any leakings of daylight that may penetrate there must be extremely faint, and if their eyes were meant to enable them to see with so little illumination they ought te be large and free from obstruction, whereas they aro minute and thatched with hair- But such eyes may be par- ticularly well suited for an occasional look at the blinding sun. ..••••••••••••••.••••.0.••• (Carotlibsuentetdt)o. Sometime you a state meat that the vocal abilities of the - sparrow could only be enjoyed if one turned philosopher, aud having for eome time held rather unkindly feel- ings toward "passer domesticus"-not for the "passer," but refusal to, also its &Ore to add became of ite untidy habits, to the domestic trials of housekeepers -justice compels an ad- mission, that if the. sparrow would drop its "pugnacious" tricks, one might begin to ehange one's attitude towards it somewhat, This year while occupying every spare moment "slicking the pricks" as a raemleer of the sock brigade, it was Possible to "observe nature" at the same time, and as sparrows, liktr the Poor, are always with tee they came In for a considerable share of atten- tion. While only the results of one after- noon will be referred to, others equally fruitful in results could be given. Ca this occasion a parent had three restless, persistent youngsters to supply, and it meant much labor to, In any way, satisfy the appetites of the family. I watched. with interest the parent chase and catch two cab- bage moths, kill these, and feed the sections-latludeng even the shredded wings -to the young. Then, there was an extra noley time, as thia parent had evidently secured a cicada, or something of that nature, judging by the sounds made by the victim, and the efforts of the parent to kill thee for- the ecasumption of its hungry young, almost made the knitting stop, as they were so intensely interesting. The young remained, strangely quiet, something they had not done before, as they had been so active in even chasing the parent for fear they might Miss a scrap of food before this, The sparrow banged, and pinched, and just when It looked like a finished job, something frightened the birds, the young scurried up into the nearby tree and waited, while the parent with its prey flew out of the garden on to the road some little distance away Where a view was not available, al- though the sounds indicated that the contest was still on. Later the par- ent came back and forth feeding first one and then another of its flock, so judging from the stopping of the vic- tim's cries, and the rapid return of the sparrow with food, it must have been a successful killing. I had read just before this, and scoffed the state- ment, that in several places it had been observed that sparrows had. re- formed and returned to their iftsect- preying-a habit very largely neglect- ed when becoming city residents - but after the observations of last year and this, I am inclined to accept the statement as correct, and in jus- tice think more kindly in the futon of "passer doro.esticus," though these do undoubtedly need to reform in oth- ei lines before any housekeeper can . honestly welcome them. There has been time for observing nature you will agree when I say that pair number 98 will be on the needles to -day, though, lately,. to help get some shipments out, buttonholes by the dozen, caused the knitting to be set aside somewhat. You may use the facta relative to the sparrow as they are "authentic" and eurely the spar- row has had so much abuse that if anything can be said in its favor it should in justice be amid. QAUTIONEO. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "I'm building my polltiCal tenses strong and 'Agri." "iknet WI 'ern so high that you caul Lop over In A hurry, it necessary," eau. Oared. the old campaigner. •1511.A. -.P••••••••••••••••"'"'"" Cholera Morbus. " 'Cholera morbus' is a term with • a curious history" said the London Chrcelicle. 'To our torefathers 'chol- era' meant not necessarily a disease, but one of the four 'humors' present in every butnan body, as the bilious hu- mor, excess of whith made a man choleric.' , 'Cholera' and 'choler,' in fat,' meant ,just the same thing. So the 'Vomparatfiely 'mild ailment which we know ;as. 'English' Cholera was re- •terred,. toe as !all disease cholera' or oebblera Months*, Ariolorder te dieting- tt' frci,M4lit ,'oth'eti., sense of the, word. Much later when Asia& chol- era 'WC/ ifttiiiickleAdtto:th`e'nlar4led sae- tett-II:tot gelindeachbleitah 'got :trees:ere ) • it .0 .4. :0 ••0 •• .••• '‘ vent toeithe eten at ; . , ) • • . , • • • .0, •00 f.••;'. al Ve t . y.i.le •,:.4,10,.. .v: 2 It0 S.:..1 "..0 ,, • ,. .014.4 •0 oa ...0. t• • • ' i ,i,'•' 44....fd4..,,,, J.....‘ . ,.. !, 1 ; , ...i.. • I , ‘..3 •• ,.. . • , ..,. ' i..!/'`. 4 al ,•'' ... ••..1.• ..t 'i. NEILAC1K • VViiiiirk. KEEP YOtii? • SNOLS 10.c P. P. %NY' Co. Of C116111* I. Hiatat'ette'Cleaute „ ' e". 4•••• •”. a • . :• ' 1.,941;1, ,a -447 r,..1411 s, tit • • • 0 .1 , ' •i• v v. • • " II•Maaw•••••••••••••••• When the nervous system gets run flown one of the mos t persistent symptonis is head- ache. Nervous bead. ache has been de- scribed as tho err of the starved brain for more blood. Because of its remarkable blood - forming and blood -enriching enmi- ties, Dr, Chase's Nerve Peed ranks first as a means of overcoming nerv- ous exhaustion, nervous prostration, headache, indigestion, sleeplessness, isrltability and all the annoying symptoms of nervous breakdown. It is not a mere relief, but thor- ough cure; for it rebuilds and recon - struck., the wasted and depleted, nerve cells. 60 ole. tt for $2.50. WIFE'S VIEW. (Seaton Transcript 1 lInb-The doctor says that 0 1 keep on working at this vac atter money, 1 rhnll be a, wreck at 45," Wife -Never mind, dear, by that time wu shall be able to afford it. 40$11'S 4013. (Washington Star) "Does your boy Jo.% know hoW to tun the farm?" "Joh ain't supposed to bother with any triflin' detail like that," replies runner Cortitossol. "Josh is the WY r,r,e that knows bow to run our new autornabile."-Washington Star, PROVED HIS CASE. - (Lite) Bbe-Papa says that unless you knew how to make money you cannot marry He -But if I marry you X do know how to make money. • • HIS MARRIAGE LiceNse. (Puclt) Mistress -1 have never aeon your mar- rIage license. Mandy. IvIandy-Lor', :Maws, ain't You seen dat nigger knock me around? S'pose I'd let him do dat if we wasn't mar- ried? 0 • I. SOCIETY PRACTICE. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "NoW, what are you going to prescribe Lan ailments?" "Sornething efficacious, if 1 can," "Not with a society practice'my boy. What they want is something new." • • ie MISUNDERSTOOD. (Boston Transcript) "Is thla a free translation?" asked a customer in the book store. "NO, sir." replied the clerk, "it 'will cost you a dol- lar fifty." ' The Artist and its 'Work. The grdat artists, like the great 110D0,08, have alWaye dont, whatever ketone t� httrivi. arid said lie waii •rt• iseulptor" when .Tulitig II. set • him VI paint, but hel panted.. the 'roof of the Sistine" chapel. ,Sltakee^ •peare elated at the 'pottaleritte et the • tote in' the drania time an.d vthen produded the tool n If bleier of them rAd waited for perfeet ctinditiene ancl alt 1nen1ration. untratindeled by 'circutiistanees Its 'would hatil fibtte nothing: They Pro'. dueed• mitetertifeces beeause"they 'matte the beSt of thilnS a's 'they were. 'And this is the husiiiess of the artist • in life.i-L-Londete Tittles. • Heavenwotr helps the men, *he will not 'act,-Sophocles, • Seine liettsewives tiaake the bee & tea $10 .wsiak that tteats think It best t4 tat it: rat. A QUIET VACATION. (Buffalo Express) "So you spent a quiet vacation on tho farm?" "I thought it would ee, but dogs were barking, frogs croaking and the farmer's baby was teething," NERVE. (Boston Transcript) Her Da,d-"So you want to marry my daughter. I like your nerve!" Suitor - "Well, sir, You ought to. r spent a lot of time working It up." • ONE CARELESS WORD. (Washington Star) "A word carelessly spoken may do great harm. " "That's right. 'You ought to see what one careless word from the umpire did to our ball team this afternoon." A FINANCIER. (Puck) "1 earned a penny to -day, Papa!" "Brave boy -and how?" 'Mother gave me ten, and I saved onel" MUST BE CAREFUL. (Washington Star) "De man dat keeps his ears to del ground," said Uncle Eben, "natchelly has to be keerful not to git tired o' an' go to sleep." ---•-•-•--. RECOGNIZED. (London Opinion) Brown --See that girl in the flimsy dress? Her name's O'Brien, Jones -Really. I should have known it couldn't be O'Paque. CAUGHT. (Pathfinder) They were sitting on the porch and e was smoking. "Watch me blow you a ring," he said. "Oh! This is so sudden," she cried. MARRIED LIFE. • (Judge) Meelcer-Didn't I always give you MY salary checide the first of every month. Mrs. Meeker -Yes; but you never told me that you got paid on the lst and 15th you embezzler; TIMES CHANGE. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "The ploughman homeward plods his weary way." The reader put aside his volume of poems. "Times change," he commented. "I see in Kansas they are taking hired hands to the harvest fields in taxicabs." • • * HARD WORK, ALL RIGHT. (Boston Transcript) "I 'want you to understand that 1 got My money by hard work." "Why. I thought it was left by your uncle." "So it was: but I had hard work to get it away from the lawyers," BARELY ENOUGH. (Puck) 1C1 olly-That dog knows as mirth as I dol Ethel -Well, that's enough for a house - dog! • IMPOSSIBLE. (Boston Transcript) - Guest (at seashore hotel) -I say, land- lord, your food and service are worse than they were last year. Landlord -Impossible, sir! HIS CALLING. (Baltiraore American) "Has your son selected arty Speetal calling?" "Sure he has. He's got a good job at it theatre as a megaphone automobile announcer.", - 4 • • T H R EATEN ED HER. (Boston Transcript) Aunt -Why didn't you acre= when he kissed you? Niece -He threatened me. Aunt -Threatened you? Niece -Yee; ho saki if I did he'd never ltiss me again. A LESSO• N FIRST., • (Washington Star) "Yeti ought to forgive your enemies." "I may eventually," replied Senator 4rithum, "But I should:like to give thEm a lesson before hand, so that they win know my forgiveness' is generous Mid strictly voluntary.' THE ONLY ONE. (Houston Post) "Mr. Sofftop is different feoM any oth- er man I have ever met." You don't mean'to tell me he has proplAed to yOur a•-•• A NIUSICIANe. (Washington Star) "1-16w,s your daughter getthig on With her •Iriusic?". "Fine!" replied Mr. Cunarok. • "Sire 'sounds like a tittifeesional anu- aielahl 'specially a pianonnor." • it*. • ". • A' HEAVY m-60... • ihoston TranseriPt) "Last Friday I Itinche'd ',du one of our battleships." "Did't yo,u .find it rather 04 htrd tO didest?" • .• NoT . (Puek)., • trh' Itarber;--Your hair 'is 'thinning, sir. IivviVtry our Itair prepare:flows? Patron.: --N5,, 1 eAntt.,„igame it on that, ' ' HIS GAME.... • (Washington Star) . .fittu shauldn't lose ybnr" temper end gay harsh m things'in deni." * Oen not Ipsing,ney teaneer," replied aciuttee Serschum. -eA, 'Man who iosee las temper !seat ,a eistadvdtdege. saying the harsh 'things SO 88 t6 per. inside the other fellow to leee hit."